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. >> retired general wesley clark is the former nato commander, retired air force colonel cedric layton is a former intelligence of a certificate. officer. great to see you both. general clark, let me start with you. barbara starr just reported the algerian government has not been cooperating. the cia has been trying to piece this together themselves. this makes it very complicated and much more difficult. but only now, more than a week later, the u.s. government is connecting the dots which at least from when we talked to omar on the day of the attack seemed to be perhaps visible very early on. what is causing the delay? >> i would suspect the algerian government's quite embarrassed by the poor results. they've been criticized roundly by other western countries for not running a very effective operation. had a lot of people killed in the operation. it's not the way it's done. they pushed it up, they accelerated it, they simply don't have the sophisticated special ops capabilities for hostage rescue capabilities that western countries have. but eventually, i'm convinced, they will share
. >> retired general wesley clark is the former nato commander, retired air force colonel cedric layton is a former intelligence of a certificate. officer. great to see you both. general clark, let me start with you. barbara starr just reported the algerian government has not been cooperating. the cia has been trying to piece this together themselves. this makes it very complicated and much more difficult. but only now, more than a week later, the u.s. government is connecting the dots...
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supported the intervention by nato and its allies touting it as a great advance for security entry and rights but the fallout from it ended with the death of the american ambassador and three other members of his staff the united states was overselling their so-called triumph over al-qaeda in a way that was really quite dishonest and dangerous because it was essentially setting the united states up for situations where. elsewhere was still not just strong but getting stronger and was getting stronger because of policies that the united states had followed and it was washington's politics that did little to win palestinians over to obama's side washington was against the upgraded status of palestine at the united nations angering but not surprising instance i would say that the people in general. stop thinking of him as a somebody who will do and will do us any favors or any good and they looked at him that he was very honest to the american interest and to other interests maybe the israeli lobby but not to us. we realized that all our expectations which were very high turned out to be
supported the intervention by nato and its allies touting it as a great advance for security entry and rights but the fallout from it ended with the death of the american ambassador and three other members of his staff the united states was overselling their so-called triumph over al-qaeda in a way that was really quite dishonest and dangerous because it was essentially setting the united states up for situations where. elsewhere was still not just strong but getting stronger and was getting...
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his message is that both david cameron the government of the united kingdom and the european union nato powers are very keen to support the process towards libyan democracy to help train security forces to ensure that libya remain secure country and its economy grows many of us are asking why he traveled to algeria specifically after such there's been attacking to hold hostages taken in the desert are the we you know cameron now proclaims that a new tighter security and defense relationship with the country is is is what he's trying to you know to to gun out for but really what's we're looking at mali right now looking what was going on in libya and all geria volatile areas. regions that they won't go into mali but now they have and it almost seems like everybody is asking isn't what's happening in mali really what's happening is that the back flow of what happened in libya. well i've been doing anyway other than yourself you being what i'm arguing you. with dave david cameron himself made the point in his visit to. that that we are entering into a generational struggle and where the gr
his message is that both david cameron the government of the united kingdom and the european union nato powers are very keen to support the process towards libyan democracy to help train security forces to ensure that libya remain secure country and its economy grows many of us are asking why he traveled to algeria specifically after such there's been attacking to hold hostages taken in the desert are the we you know cameron now proclaims that a new tighter security and defense relationship...
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assessment let's remember those violent pictures of him being brutally murdered after eight months of nato intervention let's take also the september attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi that was a top rebel stronghold it left four top american officials dead including the ambassador and raise questions that hillary is still in fact answering about about the handling of the situation post gadhafi that obama says we are not going to be able to control every aspect of everything. transition and transformation sometimes they're going to go sideways so a little bit of taking credit for what he sees as plus is saying well we can't control everything when he's answering to criticism now both obama and clinton admit that the conflict in syria should be handled carefully perhaps because of what we saw in libya the aftermath i should say in libya well the president has written clearly on whether or not intervention would help resolve the crisis there . and responding to the obama clinton talk on c b s asia times correspondent beth escobar says the destabilization of north africa will only get wor
assessment let's remember those violent pictures of him being brutally murdered after eight months of nato intervention let's take also the september attack on the u.s. embassy in benghazi that was a top rebel stronghold it left four top american officials dead including the ambassador and raise questions that hillary is still in fact answering about about the handling of the situation post gadhafi that obama says we are not going to be able to control every aspect of everything. transition and...
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of claimed the lives of twenty police including an a local antiterrorism chief or forces assisting nato forces have become a frequent target for militants. the first of six patriot missile batteries deployed by turkey in me by nato in turkey and now operational the dutch system is on standby in the city of adana with five more units set to be in place by the end of the month. the move will help defend turkey from possible rockets fired from inside its neighbor syria but many believe it's actual aim is to create a no fly zone to help the syrian rebels hold their ground against government troops . in washington thousands rallied in support of stricter gun controls on the march was motivated by the connecticut elementary school massacre that left twenty children and six adults dead. president obama has unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades including a ban on military style assault weapons and background checks proposals have divided the nation with about a half of americans insisting it's their right to bear arms without restrictions. just a moment wh
of claimed the lives of twenty police including an a local antiterrorism chief or forces assisting nato forces have become a frequent target for militants. the first of six patriot missile batteries deployed by turkey in me by nato in turkey and now operational the dutch system is on standby in the city of adana with five more units set to be in place by the end of the month. the move will help defend turkey from possible rockets fired from inside its neighbor syria but many believe it's actual...
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"c" created european steel and coal community or "d" bringing france into nato. stay tuned. we'll tell you the correct answer. go to cnn.com/fareed for more of the gps challenge and also follow us on twitter and facebook. remember, if you miss a show, go to itunes.com/fareed. you can find audio and video versions. >>> this week's book of the week is "the idea factory." bell labs and the great age of american innovation. it tells the amazing story of an american institution that probably spurred more innovation than any other. bell labs at its height employed 15,000 people, 1,200 of whom were ph.d.s and 13 of whom won nobel prizes. it's a story of american innovation from the most unlikely source. now, for the last look. it's been frigid in davos this week and the snow capped mountains make you want to curl up by the fireplace with a good book. almost 1,000 miles away, greece is enjoying slightly warmer temperatures, but take a look at these pictures. i reckon you can barely see the this smog is not from coal plants but the stoves and wood fireplaces not because they're curli
"c" created european steel and coal community or "d" bringing france into nato. stay tuned. we'll tell you the correct answer. go to cnn.com/fareed for more of the gps challenge and also follow us on twitter and facebook. remember, if you miss a show, go to itunes.com/fareed. you can find audio and video versions. >>> this week's book of the week is "the idea factory." bell labs and the great age of american innovation. it tells the amazing story of an...
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his message is that both david cameron the government of the united kingdom and the european union nato powers are very keen to support the process towards libyan democracy to help train security forces to ensure that libya remain secure a country and its economy grows many of us are asking why he traveled to algeria specifically after such there's been attacking to hold hostages taken in the desert are the we you know cameron now proclaims that a new tighter security and defense relationship with that country is is is is what he's trying to you know to to gun out for but really what's we're looking at mali right now looking what was going on in libya and algeria volatile areas regions that they won't go into mali but now they have and it almost seems like everybody is asking isn't what's happening in mali really what's happening is that the backflow or what happened in libya well i mean de way are there any myself you know what i'm arguing you. well david david cameron himself made the point in his visit to. that that we are entering into a generational struggle and where the growth of
his message is that both david cameron the government of the united kingdom and the european union nato powers are very keen to support the process towards libyan democracy to help train security forces to ensure that libya remain secure a country and its economy grows many of us are asking why he traveled to algeria specifically after such there's been attacking to hold hostages taken in the desert are the we you know cameron now proclaims that a new tighter security and defense relationship...
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achieved the success in libya with the fact that this country which was bombed for eight months by nato by the u.s. and its allies with thousands of people dying many homes and the infrastructure that was built up in the last forty years being devastated in the form of the people shouldn't surprise anyone the clinton the avoided the actual testimony and so everyone else that that's the five which is what any witness wants to do because then you can't be contradicted by any subsequent testimony and at this point in time she's leaving with glasses we were reminded several times that are the consequence of the brain injury she suffered that didn't allow her to testify and now she's being you know patted on the back by obama forest success in libya that she still has an account for the failure of its pretties it's it's like washington teenagers. coming up here on our team he may have hung on to his job but he failed to convince his voters israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu clinched a majority in the country's parliament by only a narrow margin and is now struggling to form a stable c
achieved the success in libya with the fact that this country which was bombed for eight months by nato by the u.s. and its allies with thousands of people dying many homes and the infrastructure that was built up in the last forty years being devastated in the form of the people shouldn't surprise anyone the clinton the avoided the actual testimony and so everyone else that that's the five which is what any witness wants to do because then you can't be contradicted by any subsequent testimony...
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the american intervention there the fact that this country free which was bombed for eight months by nato by the u.s. and its allies with thousands of people dying many homes on the infrastructure that was built up in the last forty years being devastated in the form of the people shouldn't surprise anyone that it would be people that were angry over that that might want to kill those they identified as being responsible yet the entire presentation here and over the last couple of weeks has been something quite different clinton avoided the actual testimony and so everyone else that testified which is what any witness wants to do because then you can't be contradicted by any subsequent testimony and at this point in time she's leaving with glasses we were reminded several times that are a consequence of the brain injury she suffered that didn't allow her to testify and now she's being you know patted on the back by obama forest success in libya that she still hasn't accounted for the failure of is pretty. it's like washington teenagers are now united discussed in this particular topic in
the american intervention there the fact that this country free which was bombed for eight months by nato by the u.s. and its allies with thousands of people dying many homes on the infrastructure that was built up in the last forty years being devastated in the form of the people shouldn't surprise anyone that it would be people that were angry over that that might want to kill those they identified as being responsible yet the entire presentation here and over the last couple of weeks has...
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before he could come in and torched and gauzy and kill all the rebels we and our nato allies intervened to stop that. no, in the case of syria we have not intervened, but certainly other outside powers have. the rebels of been able to get support, for example, from the gulf states which keeps them from being simply swept off -- swept off the board. in turn he gets support from a run. and the moment the war is more less stalemated because both sides have some degree of support, but it is not overwhelming. very unpopular, but the insurgents have not been able to push him out of the weight. but -- and this goes back to a point was making earlier about the incredible importance of legitimacy. i would say for most syrians he lacks legitimacy, especially for the senate majority of the country because he is part of a minority. however, he does have support in the community. he does have support among some of the other minorities because they're afraid of what would happen if their work to take over. he is able to cling to power with a small degree of legitimacy left. the rebels, in turn, are a
before he could come in and torched and gauzy and kill all the rebels we and our nato allies intervened to stop that. no, in the case of syria we have not intervened, but certainly other outside powers have. the rebels of been able to get support, for example, from the gulf states which keeps them from being simply swept off -- swept off the board. in turn he gets support from a run. and the moment the war is more less stalemated because both sides have some degree of support, but it is not...
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i recently spoke to the parliamentarians of nato. these parliamentarians were very supportive of american drone policy and many of the nato countries are developing their own programs. i asked in english baroness, what will she say when china or iran vaporizes someone on the london bridge because they believe they are a threat to their country? what would you possibly say to object when the argument for drones that we now have the authority to take out anyone or anything in other countries that threaten us? it is anathema under international law. after world war two, we developed an international law that developed stability where countries have to take steps before they go to war. they cannot act unilaterally. the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens
i recently spoke to the parliamentarians of nato. these parliamentarians were very supportive of american drone policy and many of the nato countries are developing their own programs. i asked in english baroness, what will she say when china or iran vaporizes someone on the london bridge because they believe they are a threat to their country? what would you possibly say to object when the argument for drones that we now have the authority to take out anyone or anything in other countries that...
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at the cia, he did a number of things, including working at nato headquarters. he was an advisor to four presidents. he led the afghanistan-pakistan review. bruce has written two books in his time here. a third is about to come out. the first two were about al qaeda. the search for al qaeda and the deadly embrace. the new book coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon." it is about the u.s.-pakistan relationship. general stanley mcchrystal spent 34 years in the military. he was the director of the joint staff. in military circles, this five- year period of joint special operations command is what makes them memorable and historic. the reality is that he has done more to carry the fight to al qaeda since 2001 than any other person in this department, possibly in the country. after that, bob gates got up, and the secretary of defense called him one of the finest men at arms this country as ever produced, then continued over the past decade, no single american has inflicted more fear and more loss of life on our country most vicious and violent enemies than sta
at the cia, he did a number of things, including working at nato headquarters. he was an advisor to four presidents. he led the afghanistan-pakistan review. bruce has written two books in his time here. a third is about to come out. the first two were about al qaeda. the search for al qaeda and the deadly embrace. the new book coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon." it is about the u.s.-pakistan relationship. general stanley mcchrystal spent 34 years in the military. he was...
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the regime of syrian president assad and the timing couldn't be any worse because the first of six nato patriot missile batteries are operational on turkey's border with syria. the missiles, partly run by u.s. troops. could war in syria bring the u.s. and iran interest an all-out war? joining me a former state department senior adviser and principle at d.c. international advisory, great to see you, christian. thanks. we are not mincing words when we say iran has come out strongest yet, even saying to saying to t. people who want to help the thousands who were in camples, who were killed, who were injured and iran is saying, start up with syria -- even try to help -- and you are at war with us. what does that mean? >> right. well, you know, iran love this is syrian regime. it's so important to iran because iran uses syria to control what it considers to be its near abroad, export terrorism, to strike against not just israel, but other western interests, including the u.s. and citizens in places like lebanon, to have its tentacles deep into gaza. it's important for iran. it's doubling dow
the regime of syrian president assad and the timing couldn't be any worse because the first of six nato patriot missile batteries are operational on turkey's border with syria. the missiles, partly run by u.s. troops. could war in syria bring the u.s. and iran interest an all-out war? joining me a former state department senior adviser and principle at d.c. international advisory, great to see you, christian. thanks. we are not mincing words when we say iran has come out strongest yet, even...
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at the cia he did a number of things, including working at the nsc on detail and nato headquarters, the middle east and the pentagon. pentagon. he was adviser to four presidents, president obama asked them to lead his afghanistan-pakistan paula's review in early 2009, and do that for a couple of months before apple first returning to brookings. bruce has written two books in the time has been a, a third is about to come out and i will mention that in the second of the first two were about al qaeda and then about the is pakistan relationship. so the search for al qaeda, the deadly embrace, his new book coming out next month is avoiding armageddon. it's a story by the u.s.-india pakistan relationship and crisis management over the last half-century or so. general stan mcchrystal is a 1976 graduate of west point, spent 34 years in u.s. army, retiring as a four-star general the summer 2010. he has been command in afghanistan. use the correct of the joint staff but perhaps the military circles most of all as i mentioned this five year period at joint special operations command makes a memora
at the cia he did a number of things, including working at the nsc on detail and nato headquarters, the middle east and the pentagon. pentagon. he was adviser to four presidents, president obama asked them to lead his afghanistan-pakistan paula's review in early 2009, and do that for a couple of months before apple first returning to brookings. bruce has written two books in the time has been a, a third is about to come out and i will mention that in the second of the first two were about al...
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the cia, he did a number of things >> including working at -- number of things, including working at nato headquarters. he was an advisor to four president. -- presidents. he led the afghanistan-pakistan review. bruce has written two books in his time here. a third is about to come out. the first two were about al qaeda. the search for al qaeda and the deadly embrace. the new book coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon." it is about the us -- pakistan -- u.s.-pakistan relationship. general stanley mcchrystal spent 34 years in the new oteri. he was -- in the military. he was the director of the joint staff. in military circles, this five- year. of -- five-year period of joint special operations command is what makes them memorable and historic. the reality is that he has done more to carry the fight to al qaeda since 2001 than any other person in this department, possibly in the country. after that, bob gates got up, and the secretary of defense called him one of the finest men at arms this country as ever produced, then continued over the past decade, no single american has inflict
the cia, he did a number of things >> including working at -- number of things, including working at nato headquarters. he was an advisor to four president. -- presidents. he led the afghanistan-pakistan review. bruce has written two books in his time here. a third is about to come out. the first two were about al qaeda. the search for al qaeda and the deadly embrace. the new book coming out next month is "avoiding armageddon." it is about the us -- pakistan -- u.s.-pakistan...
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the question is how much of this is the result of the nato intervention. as someone who's studied this region and i have to say i was reading your congressional testimony about north africa yesterday, it's incredibly prophetic, you've gone before congress many times, how much do you see the intervention in libya as a moment that pushed us toward these effects we're now seeing? >> i think it did push us entirely. the question for me was, was it intended, was it ignored? because i think where i differ with some people, we have to remember what happened before the intervention. we have to remember that they requested intervention. we have to remember that gadhafi was threatening to hand down all the people in the streets. we also have to remember that at that time the revolution had started in tunisia and it had jumped to egypt and so it seemed to me that if you have a choice between not allowing people to be mowed down in the streets, you do that. now the link i see with other places is once you intervene, probably the intervention is always easy, it is the
the question is how much of this is the result of the nato intervention. as someone who's studied this region and i have to say i was reading your congressional testimony about north africa yesterday, it's incredibly prophetic, you've gone before congress many times, how much do you see the intervention in libya as a moment that pushed us toward these effects we're now seeing? >> i think it did push us entirely. the question for me was, was it intended, was it ignored? because i think...
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i recently spoke to the parliamentarians of nato. these parliamentarians were very supportive of american drone policy and many of the nato countries are developing their own programs. i asked in english baroness, what will she say when china or iran vaporizes someone on the london bridge because they believe they are a threat to their country? what would you possibly say to object when the argument for drones that we now have the authority to take out anyone or anything in other countries that threaten us? it is anathema under international law. after world war two, we developed an international law that developed stability where countries have to take steps before they go to war. they cannot act unilaterally. the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens
i recently spoke to the parliamentarians of nato. these parliamentarians were very supportive of american drone policy and many of the nato countries are developing their own programs. i asked in english baroness, what will she say when china or iran vaporizes someone on the london bridge because they believe they are a threat to their country? what would you possibly say to object when the argument for drones that we now have the authority to take out anyone or anything in other countries that...
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are you thinking a ball kins model with nato? and then related to that question, none of you have discussed any alternatives to the military option. obviously, nobody is saying boots on the ground. it's unclear, as aaron says can whether the assistance program will be enough to change the tide in syria. so more might be required. is there any viable option that the united states could put more pressure on to a negotiated agreement? right now the opposition is refusing to negotiate because there bottom line is assad has to go. the reality is, if there were a negotiated transition, say elections in 2014, there's no way that al assad would win. there's no way he's going to get amnesty for the crime. in the end it doesn't really matter. is it a viable option to go forward. >> this is how we're going do it. ask team yes to make comments. we're going give either josh or aaron a quick response and ask each one of you too give a closing remarking on what you think specifically the u.s. should be doing in syria today. >> without the u.n.,
are you thinking a ball kins model with nato? and then related to that question, none of you have discussed any alternatives to the military option. obviously, nobody is saying boots on the ground. it's unclear, as aaron says can whether the assistance program will be enough to change the tide in syria. so more might be required. is there any viable option that the united states could put more pressure on to a negotiated agreement? right now the opposition is refusing to negotiate because there...
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they need to be able to stop nato from coming into countries on the continent. europe would not allow other foreigners to do this in europe. why would the africans allow this? they should not allow foreigners who colonized the bus and insulate us in the past to do this. these are our enemies. what is the true motive of the french for coming into mali? it is certainly not because they care. they are former colonial masters, people that enslaved us. these are our enemies. what is the reason they have come? certainly not because they care. guest: i think we are in agreement that most people -- the u.s. administration, the state department has noted in a statement that general ham said earlier also, everybody would like this to be an african-led solution. it's the only way to go ahead. unfortunately, although many of the african countries talk a great deal about getting involved, with the exception of a few. niger, i mentioned earlier. morocco has been leading on this, raising awareness on this issue for some time. mali, a year-and-a-half ago i posted the malian for
they need to be able to stop nato from coming into countries on the continent. europe would not allow other foreigners to do this in europe. why would the africans allow this? they should not allow foreigners who colonized the bus and insulate us in the past to do this. these are our enemies. what is the true motive of the french for coming into mali? it is certainly not because they care. they are former colonial masters, people that enslaved us. these are our enemies. what is the reason they...